The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: PegLeg45 on August 09, 2012, 10:59:29 AM
-
California official replaced after killing cougar
The California Fish and Game Commission removed its president on Wednesday, months after he was criticized for killing a mountain lion in Idaho.
Real estate developer Dan Richards was stripped of his leadership role with little discussion during a meeting in Ventura.
Richards said his morning began ominously when he was listening to Nickelback during his workout and heard the song, "If Today Was Your Last Day."
"I was fully aware today would be my last day as the president, but it's not my last day on God's green earth," Richards said after the unanimous vote to replace him with member Jim Kellogg.
Richards, who was appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2008, has said he plans to remain on the five-member commission until his term expires in six months.
Conservationists clamored for his ouster after photos surfaced earlier this year of him holding the slain mountain lion.
Hunting mountain lions is banned in California, though it's legal in Idaho and other states.
"Californians have twice voted in a resounding fashion to protect mountain lions in our state, and his flagrant flaunting of his disagreement with the electorate put him out of sync with California," said Jennifer Fearing, state director of the Humane Society of the United States. "We're glad to see the commission take action."
Critics, including animal welfare groups, said the commission chief should uphold the values of the state he represents. Hunting groups defended Richards.
Richards also came under fire for accepting the $7,000 hunting trip without paying any of the cost. He repaid the hunting lodge after an ethics complaint was filed.
In the wake of the controversy, the commission changed rules that give the presidency to the most senior member of the commission and instead chose to have the president selected by majority vote.
He told the San Jose Mercury News during a recent interview that he broke no wildlife laws.
"There's no chance I did anything wrong," Richards said. "I did everything by the book."
http://news.yahoo.com/california-official-replaced-killing-cougar-174258605.html
-
So, they want Ca. residents to follow Ca. law when in Idaho? (or at least the head of the Ca. fish and game commission)
To be consistent, they will need to let folks from Idaho hunt mountain lions in Ca. (or at least the head of the Idaho fish and game commission)
Wonder if the head of the Idaho F&G Commission has enough backbone to make it an issue.
-
It was the ethics part that got him in deep doo doo. fwiw since we banned couger hunts attacks on humens has went thru the roof. From one every few years, to 10+ a year.
-
Trying to make sense out of California will drive a sane person nuts.
It cannot be done.
It's like trying to talk about fiscal responsibility with Odamna.
It is an exercise in futility.
And it impacts all levels of government in the formerly golden state.
-
Olympic Shooters, that also like to hunt live targets, have recently had "death threats" made against them on their FB and Twitter accts.
Most probably came from "The Land Of Fruit & Nuts".....
Save the Wine Regions, and give the rest back to Mexico....
-
That attitude of "Moral Superiority" that they all cram down your throat isn't just an attitude. It's policy..
-
Olympic Shooters, that also like to hunt live targets, have recently had "death threats" made against them on their FB and Twitter accts.
Most probably came from "The Land Of Fruit & Nuts".....
Save the Wine Regions entire state, and give the rest back current residents to Mexico....
FIFY
-
It was the ethics part that got him in deep doo doo. fwiw since we banned couger hunts attacks on humens has went thru the roof. From one every few years, to 10+ a year.
WHAT !
Do you mean to tell me that after the people bent over and kissed the cougars butts they turn around and EAT them ?
Funny how that happens isn't it.
Sounds like Obama's foreign policy.